Arkansas Drunk Driving Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Arkansas or Court of Appeals of Arkansas where the terms dui, dwi, drunk driving, or driving under the influence has been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily criminal cases and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions drunk driving related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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LONG v. STATE - 11/5/1984
Appellant was found guilty of violating the Omnibus DWI Act of 1983 and, on appeal, contends that the act is unconstitutionally vague. We uphold the statute and affirm the conviction. Jurisdiction to decide the constitutionality of the...
LOVELL v. STATE - 10/22/1984
The nine appellants were each found guilty of violating the Omnibus DWI Act of 1983. The sentences of appellants Carson, Corkran, Fluiatt and Hawkins were enhanced because each had a prior conviction. The other appellants were...
STATE v. BROWN - 10/1/1984
Appellee Levert Brown was charged with violating Act 549 of 1983 [Ark. Stat. Ann. 75-2501-75-2533 (Supp. 1983)], driving while intoxicated (D.W.I.), fourth offense. The Circuit Court granted appellee's pre-trial motion to suppress...
ROBERTSON v. STATE - 9/5/1984
Appellant, Bob Robertson, appeals a Perry County jury verdict of driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated. The jury recommended that appellant receive a sentence of 24 hours imprisonment in the
county jail; pay a fine of...
DOWELL v. STATE - 7/9/1984
This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Independence County where appellant was convicted of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. The issue on appeal is whether appellant was in "actual control" of his vehicle...
HICE v. STATE - 5/2/1984
In this criminal case, the appellant appeals his conviction for the charge of driving while intoxicated (DWI). The appellant was charged and convicted in Conway County Municipal Court of DWI, and was charged but acquitted of refusal to...
STATE v. ZIEGENBEIN - 4/2/1984
The General Assembly enacted the Omnibus DWI Act of 1983 on March 21, 1983. See Ark. Stat. Ann. 75-2501 et seq. (Supp. 1983). The act contains an emergency clause which provides it is immediately in effect. On April 8, 1983, the...
COLYER v. STATE - 6/22/1983
Donald E. Colyer appeals his convictions of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Prior to trial, appellant's motion to suppress evidence seized during the...
NOLEN v. STATE - 12/13/1982
The appellant was driving an automobile when it collided head on with another vehicle, killing a passenger and seriously injuring the driver of that car. The appellant was convicted by a jury of manslaughter (Ark. Stat. Ann. 41-1504...
RASMUSSEN v. STATE - 10/25/1982
A jury found Paula Rasmussen guilty of the first degree murder of her boyfriend, Clarence Corley, and sentenced her to life in prison. Rasmussen's arguments on appeal concern the trial judge's admission and exclusion of evidence. We...
HARRIS v. STATE - 9/8/1982
In this criminal case, appellant was charged with the offense of failure to appear under Ark. Stat. Ann. 41-2820 (Repl. 1977). He was also alleged to be an habitual offender and that his sentence should be enhanced under the provisions...
JOHNS v. STATE - 9/1/1982
Appellant was convicted by jury verdict of battery in the second degree and sentenced to two years imprisonment. His only point for reversal is that the trial court erred in not giving appellant's requested instruction that voluntary...
ATTWOOD v. ESTATE OF ATTWOOD - 5/24/1982
Janice Attwood, individually and as mother and next friend of Richard Breck Attwood, brings this appeal contending that the court below erred in dismissing her complaint against the estate of Richard Breckenridge Attwood. The suit was...
QUEEN v. STATE - 2/16/1981
This is an appeal from an order revoking a suspended sentence entered by the Sebastian County Circuit Court.
Ray Jackson Queen had several convictions in the Sebastian County Circuit Court which resulted in suspended prison...
COSSEY v. STATE - 10/31/1979
The appellant was convicted in Russellville Municipal Court of driving while intoxicated. He appealed and was again convicted after a jury trial de novo in the circuit court, and he was fined $500. It was allegedly his second such...
FLETCHER v. CITY OF NEWPORT - 10/11/1976
On August 27, 1975, appellant O. W. Fletcher was arrested for the offense of driving while under the influence of intoxicants and refusing to take an intoximeter test. During the course of the arrest, Officer Mike Wilson informed...
MERCER v. STATE - 6/24/1974
Appellant Daniel Mercer was charged with involuntary manslaughter allegedly arising from the operation of his vehicle in a willful and wanton
manner. To reverse his conviction upon a jury verdict, he relies upon the following...
BAUGH v. STATE - 2/25/1974
The appellant was charged with driving while intoxicated,
the second such offense within a year, was found guilty by the jury, and was fined $250. Ark. Stat. Ann. 75-1027 and 75-1029 (Repl. 1957 and Supp. 1973). He is correct...
KENNEDY v. STATE - 10/1/1973
Virginia Louise Kennedy was charged with first degree murder in the killing of George Henry Duty. She was convicted at a jury trial for voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to six years in the penitentiary. She contends on appeal that...
FANT v. STATE - 9/4/1973
On February 3, 1972, James Fant, appellant herein, entered a plea of guilty to the charge of grand larceny and was given a ten year sentence by the Miller County Circuit Court. The court suspended the sentence conditioned upon good...
WILLIAMS v. STATE - 9/4/1973
In the Little Rock Municipal Court the appellant was found guilty of
driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs. Ark. Stat. Ann. 75-1026.1 (Supp. 1971). This appeal is from the circuit court's affirmance of the...
MORRIS v. STATE - 2/8/1971
Appellant Eddie (Tate) Morris appeals from a sentence of seven to twenty-one years on a robbery conviction.
During some racial troubles in Forrest City on August 14, 1969, about 9:00 p.m. two Negroes, George Tabor and Jerry...
AYERS v. STATE - 9/22/1969
James Ayers was convicted of negligent homicide on circumstantial evidence in the Hot Springs Municipal Court and was sentenced to one year in the county jail. His conviction was affirmed on appeal to the Garland County Circuit Court...
FRANCIS v. CITY OF BENTON - 4/25/1966
The record in this case reflects that appellant was charged and convicted in the Municipal Court of Benton of an offense committed on March 21, 1964, of driving a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Thereafter...
SHERIDAN v. STATE - 4/19/1965
On February 28, 1964, appellant was convicted in the Benton Municipal Court of the charge of driving while intoxicated, in violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. 75-1027-29 (Repl. 1957). October 6, 1964, the transcript of the trial held in the...
JONES v. CITY OF FOREST CITY - 3/29/1965
Jessie A. Jones was charged by the city of Forrest city with Driving While Intoxicated, Resisting Arrest, and Assaulting an Officer. After being convicted on all counts in the Municipal Court, Jones appealed to the Circuit Court, where...
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